Showing 1 - 10 of 1,328
We explore the links between migration of labour and location specific (urban) pollution, suggesting a sense in which pollution can be welfare improving. In a conventional Harris-Todaro model of urban-rural migration, individuals migrate so as to equate the expected urban wage (given a downward...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291995
We develop a dynamic general equilibrium model where workers can engage in search while on the job. We show that on-the-job search is a key component in explaining labor market dynamics in models of equilibrium unemployment. The model predicts fluctuations of unemployment, vacancies, and labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293492
We show how on-the-job search and the propagation of shocks to the economy are intricately linked. Rising search by employed workers in a boom amplifies the incentives of firms to post vacancies. In turn, more vacancies induce more on-the-job search. By keeping job creation costs low for firms,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295852
This paper analyses the reallocation of labour during the transition period, which is argued not only to ease the transition from a planned to market orientated economy, but also to be fundamental to the successful integration of Poland into the European Union. Labour force survey data is used...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297776
This paper combines two strains of the literature on the employment effects of deferred compensation. The first strain separates seniority and job matching wage effects on the basis of individual data, but cannot look at employment consequences. The second strain explains the employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298049
This paper presents an applied general equilibrium model for Germany. The model integrates specific labour market institutions in an otherwise standard general equilibrium framework. There are sectoral wage negotiations for two skill types of workers between firms and trade unions. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298083
Using a large German linked employer-employee data set and methods of competing risks analysis, this paper investigates gender differences in job separation rates to employment and nonemployment. In line with descriptive evidence, we find lower job-to-job and higher job-to-nonemployment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010302606
Using a large German linked employer-employee data set and methods of competing risks analysis, this paper investigates gender differences in job separation rates to employment and nonemployment. In line with descriptive evidence, we find lower job-to-job and higher job-to-nonemployment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010302619
Die Dynamik von abhängiger Beschäftigung und Arbeitslosigkeit kann nur mit individuellen Stromdaten ausreichend …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010303939
hinsichtlich des Qualifikationsniveaus differenziert betrachtete Stellung im Beruf vor der Arbeitslosigkeit bzw. Weiterbildung mit …-Regressionen). Erfolgsmaßstab ist im ersten Schritt die Vermeidung eines beruflichen Abstiegs bzw. von Arbeitslosigkeit. Die Analyse zeigt im …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010323795